BSEd Early Childhood-12 Certification - Special Education/MA in Children's Ministry
The accelerated BSEd in Early Childhood-12 Certification – Special Education and the Master of Arts in Children’s Ministry with Special Needs Children's Ministry concentration provides Christ-centered undergraduate and graduate-level education to prepare servant leaders for careers in both education and ministry. The program is designed for those seeking initial teacher certification and ministry training specific to children’s ministry. Graduates will be able to serve as educators and/or ministers in the school or the church setting
UNDERGRADUATE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (bSED) |
|---|---|
Developing A Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9 |
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II and ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | |
Foundations for Excellence | 1 |
FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.) | |
History | 12 |
HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 and HIST 2301 - World Civilization I or HIST 2302 - World Civilization II and HIST 4309 - Texas History | |
Kinesiology | 2 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived. | |
Mathematics | 3 |
MATH 1303 - College Algebra - or equivalent | |
Natural Science | 12 |
BIOL 1401 - Principles of Biology GEOL 1401 - Meteorology and Space Science PHSC 1401 - Physical Science I | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and three additional credit hours depending on credit hours transferred at time of initial enrollment | |
Social Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only) | 3 |
TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS | 54 |
EC-12 Certification - Special Education Major | |
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY | 18 |
EDUC 1017 - Introduction to Teacher Certification* EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children, and Adolescents* (S-L) EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar EDUC 4608 - Clinical Teaching* ESLS 4304 - Methods in Teaching ESL* READ 4330 - Recognizing and Instructing Struggling Readers READ 4333 - Clinical for Diagnosing and Correcting Reading Difficulties* (S-L) SPED 4010 - TExES Content EC-12 Special Education | |
ACADEMIC MAJOR | 42 |
READ 4335 - Pedagogy of Reading I (Phonics)* SPED 2309 - Adapted Kinesiology (S-L) SPED 3311 - Behavior Management for the Inclusive Classroom SPED 3312 - Legal and Ethical Framework for Special Education SPED 3313 - Introduction to Special Education SPED 3314 - Math for Learners with Special Needs SPED 3315 - Literacy for Learners with Special Needs SPED 3320 - Classroom Assessment for Learners with Special Needs SPED 4311 - Instructional Technology for Students with Special Needs SPED 4312 - The Inclusive Classroom SPED 4313 - Severe Behavioral Challenges SPED 4314 - Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities SPED 4316 - Teaching Students with High-Incidence Disabilities SPED 4320 - Teaching the Underachiever | |
Shared Undergraduate/Graduate Courses | 6 |
ECHE 5360 - Foundations of Early Childhood Education EDUC 5334 - Pedagogy of Fine Arts and Movement in the Elementary Classroom | |
Additional Upper-Level Electives Required* Additional Lower or Upper-Level Electives Required* | 0 0 |
TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE WITH SHARED HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required. Students must complete all Undergraduate hours and shared undergraduate/graduate hours prior to enrolling for remaining Graduate hours.
*Elective Requirements
In order to satisfy the “Undergraduate only” portion of an accelerated degree plan, sufficient lower-level and upper-level elective hours must be taken to complete the minimum number of Undergraduate credit hours required for each specific accelerated degree.
As part of this accelerated degree plan, 6 shared Graduate hours will be counted toward a minimum of 42 upper-level Undergraduate credit hours required for all bachelor’s degrees.
RETENTION IN AND GRADUATION FROM THE PROGRAM
Students must fulfill the following conditions to enroll and continue enrollment in the Accelerated Bachelor's and Master's degree program:
Students must be accepted to the Educator Preparation Program at the completion of 45 semester hours.
Students must file a Statement of Commitment at the completion of 90 semester hours (including current enrollment).
Students must maintain and graduate with an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and must maintain and graduate with an institutional GPA of 3.0 in their teaching fields/academic concentrations.
Students must apply to and be accepted into the MA in Children's Ministry program before the start of the junior spring semester (before 5000-level courses) in order to progress in graduate coursework and complete the MA in Children's Ministry degree.
Science and Math courses must be taken prior to Field-Based semesters.
REMAINING GRADUATE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (MA) |
|---|---|
CORE COURSES | 18 |
MINS 5302 - Ministry Research and Writing Across Media MINS 5303 - Foundations of Spiritual Life MINS 6305 - Ministry Mentorship (S-L) THEO 5313 - Applied Hermeneutics THEO 6305 - Christian History and Heritage THEO 6306 - Systematic Theology | |
MA in CHILDREN'S MINISTRY COURSES | 12 |
MACH 5312 - Ministry with Children MACH 6351 - Children and the Christian Faith | |
CONCENTRATIONS | |
General Concentration MACH 6352 - Advanced Childhood Ministry* (S-L) Choose one of the following courses: EDUC 6304 - Improvement of Instruction EDUC 6308 - The School and Multicultural Society MACH 5313 - Disability and Suffering MACH 6311 - Early Childhood Ministry MACH 6315 - Ministry to Children with Special Needs MACH 6316 - Advanced Ministry to Children with Special Needs (S-L) MACH 6350 - Ministry in Church Weekday Education Ministries MACH 6354 - Research: Faith Formation in Childhood* (S-L) MAFM 6353 - Ministry to Families SPED 5310 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners SPED 5350 - Teaching Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities Special Needs Children's Ministry Concentration MACH 6315 - Ministry to Children with Special Needs MACH 6316 - Advanced Ministry to Children | |
TOTAL ADDITIONAL GRADUATE HOURS REQUIRED | 30 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR ACCELERATED DEGREE | 150 |
*Requisites: MACH 5312 and MACH 6311
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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